Arabic (يحيى) form of the name John and interpretation is - "God (Ya/Yahweh) is merciful (Hanan)".
Yahya son of Prophet Zachariah, was one of 28 prophet of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an: Adem (Adam), Idris (Enoch), Nuh (Noah), Hud (Eber), Saleh (Methuselah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Lut (Lot), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Yaqub (Jacob), Yusuf (Joseph), Ayub (Job), Shoaib (Jethro), Harun (Aaron), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Sulayman (Solomon), Ilyas (Elijah), Elyasa (Elisha), Yunus (Jonah), Dhulkifl (Ezekiel), Zakaria (Zachariah), Isa (Jesus), Uzair (Ezra), Luqman, Zulqarnain (Iskander), Muhammad.
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